
Art Institute of Chicago
Demons Tormenting Me
James Ensor · 1888
Provenance
Ownership history
- Probably to artist to Augusta Boogaerts (1870-1951), Brussels; by descent to her sister, Julienne Claes-Boogaerts, Brussels [Tannenbaum 1951]. Sold by the Bateau-Lavoir Gallery, Paris, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1967.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Kunsthaus Zürich, "James Ensor," May 20-July 31, 1983, p. 354 cat. 23 (ill.); traveled to Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Aug. 20-Oct. 30, 1983.
- Brussels, Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, "James Ensor," Sept. 24, 1999-Feb. 13, 2000.
- New York, Museum of Modern Art, “James Ensor,” June 28–Sept. 21, 2009, p. 80 and 195, cat. 103, cat. by Laurence Madeline et. al.; traveled to the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Oct. 20–Feb. 4, 2010
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Temptation: The Demons of James Ensor," Nov. 23, 2014-Jan. 25, 2015; also shown in Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, June 10-Sept. 7, 2014.
- Antwerp, Belgium, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, "In Your Wildest Dreams: Ensor Beyond Impressionism", September 28, 2024 - January 19, 2025, p. 156, fig. 131 (ill.), cat. by Herwig Todts, et. al.
Literature
Published references
- P. Cuypers, James Ensor: l'Homme et l'Oeuvre (Paris, 1925), p. 15 (ill.).
- Libby Tannenbaum, James Ensor (New York, 1951), p. 103 (ill.).
- Paul Haesaerts, James Ensor (Brussels, 1957), p. 72 (ill.). Reprint: New York, 1959, no. 230 (ill.).
- H. T. Piron, Ensor, ein psychoanalytische studie (Antwerp, 1968), p. 57.
- F. C. Legrand and G. Ollinger-Zinque, Ensor, cet inconnu (Brussels, 1971), no. 92.
- Paul Haesaerts, James Ensor (Brussels, 1973), no. 78.
- F. C. Legrand and G. Ollinger-Zinque, Ensor Necunoscutul (Bucarest, 1975), no. 92.
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